Sony Ericsson W8, The first Walkman phone with Android OS

Sony Ericsson adds mobile phones with the Android platform. This time, the phone is intended for fans of music. Sony Ericsson W8 Walkman phones announced its launch on Thursday, April 21, 2011 in certain areas only.

This latest Walkman phone features a user interface that can be adjusted for one-touch accessto a user's favorite applications such as on a series of Xperia Mini product. Sony Ericsson W8 Walkman phones allows quick and easy access to playlists and the Walkman player. The phone also comes equipped with a stereo headset MH410.

Sony Ericsson W8 Walkman phone combines thefunctions of the Walkman™ with the basic principles of smartphones, like the application, maps and email to create the most entertaining smartphone

Sony Ericsson W8 using 3-inch screen, 3.2 megapixel camera, video recorder functions, and 3.5 mm headphone jack. In contrast to non-music phone, Sony Ericsson W8 is equipped with Walkman features and UI design like Walkman widgets on the homepage. Sony Ericsson W8 using Android 2.1 platform

Sony Ericsson W8 will be available in China, HongKong, Indonesia, India, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam starting from Q2 2011 in a choice of colors Azur Blue, Metallic Red, and Orange iconic of the Walkman.

The specifications of Sony Ericsson W8 :
- GSM/GPRS/EDGE 850/900/1800/1900
- UMTS/HSPA 900/2100
- UMTS/HSPA 850/1900/2100
- 99.0 × 54.0 × 15.0 mm, 104 grams
- Android 2.1 Eclair with Timescape UI
- 3″ Capacitive Touchscreen with HVGA (320×480 Pixels) Resolution 16 million colors
- Scratch Resistant Surface, Accelerometer, Light Sensor
- 128 MB Internal Memory, microSD Card Slot upto 16GB
- 600MHz Processor, 168 MB RAM
- 3.2 Megapixel Camera with Geo-Tagging and VGA Video Recording at 30 fps
- Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, microUSB 2.0, 3.5 mm Audio Jack
- 1200 mAH Battery
   - Talktime: 4hr 45 mins
   - Stand By Time: 476 hours

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Nokia E6 and Nokia X7, The new Nokia Smartphone With Symbian 'Anna'

Symbian era has not ended. Although Nokia has decided to use Microsoft's Windows Phone as a smartphone platform in the future, a number of models with Symbian will continue to be released.

Nokia introduces two new smartphones to use the new Symbian platform, called Anna. Each Nokia E6 is designed for business and entertainment that puts Nokia X7. The second device is Nokia's first smartphone using the Symbian software with the latest updates, with new icons and improved usability, such as text input easier, faster browser, and Ovi Maps are more fresh.

Nokia E6 is the successor to the Nokia E71 and Nokia E72 are unique with a full Qwerty keyboard and touch screen high resolution. Designed using premium materials such as glass and stainless steel, this device comes in the right size for easy use with either one or two hands. Nokia E6 deliver exceptional battery life and messaging experience out-of-the-box best out of Microsoft in the smartphone business, including access to Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Communicator Mobile, and Microsoft SharePoint.

While Nokia X7 is an entertainment smartphone with 4-inch wide screen ideal for playing games and 8MP camera to take pictures and HD quality video. Nokia X7 is designed with stainless steel and glass combined with smooth, as if without a connection so as to provide a sense of solid and strong when in the clutch. Nokia X7 is loaded with many popular games, such as Galaxy on Fire HD and Asphalt 5 HD.

Nokia E6 Specifications:
- 2G Network: GGSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- 3G Network: HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100
- TFT resistive touchscreen, 16M colors, 640X480 pixels
- 2.4 inches screen
- QWERTY keyboard
- Multi-touch input method
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Dimensions115.5 x 59 x 10.5 mm
- Weight 133 grams
- Conectivity GPRS, EDGE
- microUSB v2.0, USB on the go support
- 3G: HSDPA 10.2Mbps, HSUPA 2.0Mbps
- Wi-Fi: 802.11 b/g/n
- Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP
- Memory
   + 8 GB
   + 32 GB expandable
   + 256 MB RAM
   + 1 GB ROM
- Processor
   + 600 MHz ARM 11 CPU
   + 2D/3D Graphics HW Accelerator
   + OpenVG1.1 and OpenGL ES 2.0
- Symbian^3 OS
- Battery Li-Ion 1500 mAh (BP-4L)
  + Stand by time: Up to 681 h (2G) / Up to 744 h (3G)
  + Talk time: Up to 14 h 48 min (2G) / Up to 7 h 30 min (3G)
- Camera
   + Primary: 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, fixed focus, dual-LED flash, face detection, 720p@25fps
   + Secondary: VGA
- Stereo FM radio with RDS
- 3.5 mmAudio jack
- Audio Playback: MP3/WMA/WAV/RA/eAAC+
- Video Playback: MP4/H.264/H.263/RV
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- TV-out
- Other
  + SMS(threaded), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
  + Organizer
  + Predictive text input
  + A-GPS
  + Photo editor
  + Voice command/dial
  + Flash Lite 4.0
  + QuickOffice document editor (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
  + Organizer

    


Nokia X7 Specifications:
- Symbian^3 OS
- ARM 11 680 MHz processor, 3D Graphics HW accelerator
- SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
- WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
- Digital compass
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player
- DivX/XviD/MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player
- Quickoffice document viewer (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, PDF)
- Adobe Reader
- Flash Lite 4.0
- Voice memo/dial/command
- Predictive text input
- microSD, up to 32GB
- HSDPA, HSUPA
- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
- 8 MP, 3264×2448 pixels, fixed focus, dual-LED flash
- AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors3
- 360 x 640 pixels, 4.0 inches
- Nokia ClearBlack display
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Accelerometer sensor for UI auto-rotate

 

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Kohler Numi, Smart toilet With Touch Screen Devices

Toilets are now designed as comfortable aspossible. If necessary equipped with technology that can make the user comfortable on the toilet.

The attractive toilet sports a minimalist design. It comes in white or biscuit colors, and it includes a removable handheld touch-screen remote controllets you control That Various settings for up to 6 individual users and in a dozen different languages​​. (Numi has already been introduced in Some Asianmarkets) You can recharge the remote's lithium ion battery and store it in a wall-mounted dock. The toilet Itself plugs into an electrical outlet.

This toilet seat that has a lid and seat, which can beactively driven. Equipped with foot warmers, built-in speaker with FM radio and MP3 player input jack.

The future of these toilets will be launched in theUnited States in late April 2011 with a price of U.S. $6300. David Kohler, the company's CEO says sophisticated toilet maker of expensive devices that are designed for consumers who want the bestdesign and technology. He claimed luxury toilet market will bounce back in the United States.

Kohler Numi Toilets designed for five years with substantial cost.

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Voice Recognition in Google Chrome

Google continues to innovate in the browser Chrome, in addition to making Chrome the Operating System, There's One interesting on the Chrome browser, Google has presented the features of voice recognition in the Chrome browser.
Chrome 11 is equipped with support for HTML input speech API. Google claims with this feature, developers can provide web applications that use voice feature. For example, applications like Google Translator, so that users can transcribe voice into text form.

"We are updating channel Chrome beta with several new capabilities, especially for web developers. From HTML Speech Incubator Group, we added support for HTML input speech API," Google said in his blog

This feature has actually been introduced since March 22, 2011, but Google has not officially launch it. Later, when the user wants to utilize this feature, they can just click an icon, and then talk to the computer through a microphone.

Furthermore, the recorded voice will be processed to the speech server, and then transcribed and sent back to the user in text form.

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T-Mobile Royal Wedding Commercial

Many ways to advertise, Wedding Prince William and Kate Middleton could be used as a means to advertise.
A large operator T-Mobile released the ad that takes the theme of the wedding Prince William and Kate Middleton will be held on April 29, 2011. It would be a British national holiday.

Prime Minister David Cameron confirmed that 29 April 2011 will be a day off. That date falls exactly on Friday. So Britain will enjoy a holiday about 4 days during the May Day weekend.

T-Mobile's Royal Wedding Dance celebrates the marriage of William and Kate with the help of a host of royal look alikes and music from East 17​​! T-Mobile wishes William and Kate a long and happy marriage


The ad quite funny and interesting, please watch the video

          

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LG Phoenix & LG Thrive, another cheap Android Smartphone

Competition in the increasingly crowded smartphone market. Just like natural selection, is now not only limited features of the hunted rather than the price side, where the cheap so desires. As we all know, Samsung, already started with cheap mobile phone Samsung Galaxy Mini.

LG also had follow-up to play in this segment, through a series of LG Optimus Me. It's just, it seems that LG will add smarthphone for this segment with the release of a new model named LG Phoenix and  LG Thrive.

From its LG Phoenix, smartphones Android 2.2 Froyo is similar to the LG Optimus One. Feature is not much different, such as CPU 600 MHz, 3.15 MP camera, HSDPA data access technology, WiFi, GPS.

Just as the LG Phoenix, LG Thrive model also has a similar feature. Only, with a similar design candybar touchscreen, but there are subtle differences in physical shape. LG Thrive cover comes with a silver hue, while the LG Phoenix appear in darker shades.

Both LG Phoenix and LG Thrive has sold over U.S. operator AT&T., LG Thrive sells for $ 180. While LG Phoenix sold for $ 50, with a contract for 2 years.

Specifications LG Phoenix:
- Quad-Band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and HSDPA
- Android OS v2.2 Froyo
- 600 MHz ARM11 processor
- GPU Adreno 200
- Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset
- 3, 2 inch Capasitive TFT screen 262,144 color touchscreen, 320 × 480 pixels
- 3.15 MP camera, autofocus, geo-tagging, video
- SMS, MMS, email, push email, IM
- GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
- 160 MB memory
- microSD card slot (up to 32GB)
- polyphonic (MP3)
- Java (via java MIDP emulator)
- Accelerometer sensor
- WiFi 802.11 b/g
- WiFi hotspots
- FM radio
- GPS (A-GPS)
- Loudspeaker
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Social networking integration (SNS)
- Player MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV, MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC + player
- Document viewer, organizer, voice memo
- Bluetooth v2.1 (A2DP), microUSB 2.0 port
- Li-Ion battery 1500 mAh

Specifications LG Thrive:
- Quad-Band GSM (850/900/1800/1900 MHz) and HSDPA
- Android OS v2.2 Froyo
- 600 MHz ARM11 processor
- GPU Adreno 200
- Qualcomm MSM7227 chipset
- 3, 2 inch Capasitive TFT screen 262,144 color touchscreen, 320 × 480 pixels
- 3.15 MP camera, autofocus, geo-tagging, video
- SMS.MMS, Email, push email, IM
- GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
- 160 MB memory
- MicroSD card slot (up to 32GB)
- Polyphonic (MP3)
- Java (via java MIDP emulator)
- Accelerometer sensor
- WiFi 802.11 b/g
- FM radio
- GPS (A-GPS),
- Loudspeaker
- 3.5 mm audio jack
- Social networking integration (SNS)
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC + player
- Document viewer, organizer, voice memo
- Bluetooth v2.1 (A2DP), microUSB 2.0 port
- Battery Li-Ion 1500 mAh

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Sifteo Cubes, Another way to Play Game

Sifteo has melucurkan a futuristic game is the latest gaming devices are a bit difficult for us to explain here but this game previously been exhibited at CES 2011 early January.

Javeen Kalanithi (Cofounder) and David Merrill (President of Sifteo) are the ones who are behind this game, they were previously is a graduate of MIT.

The idea of ​​this game really comes from the dice and dominoes game, so Sifteo has a shape such as a digital cubes. And to play it we have to connect it from one cube and another cube. For example, play the game arrange words, stacking letter from one cube to another cube for words can be unified and correct.

Although small cubes do not think that this cute can only play one type of game only. We can add a new game by buying games from online stores Sifteo, simply plug the USB device Sifteo, download his game and move into Sifteo Cubes, make it easy? Type of game that can be obtained vary for adults, children, puzzle and there are games to be played with friends.



     

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